Cheese slicer



Feb. 14, 1928.

C. H. VON GLAHN CHEESE SLICBR Filed Feb. 8, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gwuenkoq, Zion @Zakn;

Patented Feb. 14, 1923.

UNITED STATES CHARLES H. VON GLAHN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CHEESE SLICER.

Application filed February 8, 182?. Serial No. 166,693.

ter which isautomatically advanced to the material to be sliced.

The invention is illustrated in the ucconu panying drawings, in which:

Fig l is a. plan view of a slicer embodying the l vention;

Fig.1. 2 is a side elevation of the slicer shown in F 1;

Fig. 3 is a. section on the line Final The device comprises a supporting mem ber 10, which may advantageously be made of ablock of wood, the upper surface being; adopted to receive the. material to be sliced, which is indicated at 11. A stop 12 is secured to member 10, which member is cut awav to the rear of the stop as indicated in Fig 2. ally from the ends of member and support two guide rods 15 and 16 upon which is slidably mounted a block 17. A rack 18 82(- tends below block 17 and is secured to the end plates, and a leaf spring 20 extends from the block and engages the ruck by i'i'ieuns off :1. tooth 21, thereby normally holding the block stationary, but allowing: movement '(luu'coi in either direction it sullicient i orco is applied to cause the tooth to ride over the teeth of the rack.

A linl; 22 is pivoted to block 17 at one end and at its other end 22 has a detent 2 .1; p1votull secured thereto and engaging the rack 18, the linl; and dctent being inclined. to each other and forming a toggle n'iechanism, the zngcration of which will be more fully de scribed. A coiled spring 23 extends between link 22 and detent 24-. in a manner to tend to cause them to fold together. A stud 26 may be provided to facilitate lifting the detent out of engagement with the rack, and an adjusting screw 27, threaded in a flange of the block 17, limits the upward movement of pivot 28.

A cutter frame 28 has one of its ends 29 formed with a sleeve 38, whereby the frame is pivotally mounted on rod 16 between ilzmges SO and 31 ot the block 1?. The end End plates 13 and 14- project later 29 is formed into a cam which is adapted to engage and depress link when the cutter frame is raised; The :utter tran'ie is provided with a suitable cutting:element suchas a. steel band or cutting wire 32. the te otwhich is maintained by a thumbnut in known inomicr. it handle 34 is rotatublv mounted on u. bolt which is secured to the cutter frame. A l'lllil'ilflf tip 3h may be pr vided utthe end of the cutter trzuue, to beer against an angle bur STto eliminate noise and normally hold the cutting clement out oii'contuct with the member 10. Cutter frame 28, and the members carried thereby, make up the cutter.

The operation is as follows: When the cutter is raised, it pivots about rod 16, and cam 29 moves pivot downward, causing the block 17 and the cutter to be advanced,

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the tooth 21 in this operation riding over i the teeth of rack 18, the extent of such movementdepending upon the position of adjusting screw 27. The cutter being 11 v. positioned, the operator moves it downwardly, cutting a slice of the material and release ing members 22 and 2%, which are restored to their former position by spring 25. The detent 24; rides over the teeth of ruck 18 in this operation.

Having described my invent-ion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let tors. Patent oi the United States is:

1. In a. slicer having a. frame, and an oscih luting cutter mounted therein; means operable by the upward movement of the cutter to udvunce the cutter relative to said frame.

2. In a slicer having :i matcriail-support- .ing member and an oscillating cutter coop crating therewith; a toggle mechanism actuated by the oscillation Off said cutter and operative to advance said cutter relative to said material supportii'ig member.

3. In a slicer having an elongated material-supporting member and a pivoted cutter cooperating therewith; a rack extending along said material-supportin member, a toggle mechanism connected to said cutter and engaging said rack, and a cam on said cutter constructed and arranged to actuate said toggle mechanism to thereby advance said cutter relative to said material-supporting member.

l. In a cheese slicer, a marterial-supporting; member, a slidable member mounted adjacent said, mntelinlsupportin member,

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a cutter pivoted to said slidable member and movable therewith, a rack extending adjacent said slidable member, toggle mechanism secured to said slidable member and engaging said rack, and an element fixed to said cutter and adapted to engage and actuate said toggle mechanism to thereby advance the slidable member relative to the materialsnpporting member.

5. In a cheese slicer, a material-Snpp0rting n'iember, a member slidably mounted adjacent said marterial-supporting member, a cutter :lrame pivoted to said slidable member, a cutting element in said frame, a 1'0- tatablc handle on said cutter frame, a rack extending adjacent said slidable member, toggle mechanism secured to said slidable member and engaging said rack, an element fixed to said cutter frame and adapted to engage and actuate said toggle mechanism to thereby advance the slid-able. member relative to the material-supportiug member, and means for normally holding said cutting element out of contact with said materialsupporting member.

6.111 a cheese slicer, a 1uaterialsupporting member, a member slidably mounted adjacent said materiail-supporting member, a cutter pivoted to said slidable member and adapted to be oscillated in the slicing op eration, and means actuated by the oscillation of said cutter to advance said slidable member along said material-sup1 )ortino member.

'7. In a cheese slicer, a material-supporting member, a member movablv mounted adjacent said materialsupporting member. a cutter connected to said movable ll'lQllllflfBl and adapted to be oscillated in the slicing; operation, and means actuated by the oscillation of said cutter to advance said movable member along said materiail-supporting member in step-by-step manner.

In testimony whereof I atlix my sign tnre.

CHARLES H. vex GLAHN. 

